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simple truths from great minds (http://www.simpletruths.tv/movies.php?movie=GQGL)
which is you fav ?
which would you add ?
gonzooo
02-03-2009, 05:56 PM
I'm not keeping with the short format in the clip, but there is one I found out about a while ago that is one of the most inspirational quotes I've seen:
It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat.
- Theodore Roosevelt
Thanks a lot for the clip, by the way; it was awesome. :)
tokenuser
02-03-2009, 06:23 PM
I like the one from Wil Wheaton in my sig file.
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tokenuser
02-03-2009, 06:24 PM
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The Lincoln quote is pretty cool too.
bigshotprof
02-03-2009, 08:20 PM
"No matter where you go, there you are." MD and Particle physicist Buckaroo Banzai
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder; criticism another orifice entirely." Woodward Marx
Oh, and . . . "Because I said so." Me
I'm not keeping with the short format in the clip, but there is one I found out about a while ago that is one of the most inspirational quotes I've seen:
Thanks a lot for the clip, by the way; it was awesome. :)
i like your quote
you are welcome for the clip it came from my friend elaine who is unsuparpassed at finding beautiful things like that :)
i love this quote
It is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen. Do not even listen, only wait. Do not even wait, be wholly still and alone. The world will present itself to you for its unmasking, it can do no other, in ecstasy it will writhe at your feet.
Franz Kafka
bigshotprof
02-03-2009, 09:55 PM
i like your quote
you are welcome for the clip it came from my friend elaine who is unsuparpassed at finding beautiful things like that :)
i love this quote
It's weird that Kafka would say that, because he was raised by a succession of nannies and abused by his father. His household table was anything but nurturing.
It's weird that Kafka would say that, because he was raised by a succession of nannies and abused by his father. His household table was anything but nurturing.
thus he became detached from everyday reality enough to see the truth beyond the personal
he found nurturance in philosophy
it is a very eastern concept btw
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The Lincoln quote is pretty cool too.
connecting the dots
yeah i get that one
every once in awhile someone tries to tell me how i should be something other than the way i am and i tell them in essence:
'i'm connecting the dots as i see it that is what gives me value'
john nash talked about seeing patterns
i think is same concept
rabidbadger
02-03-2009, 11:10 PM
If ya follow me on twitter you know the only quotable human ever on the planet is Mark Twain.
"It is my belief that nearly any invented quotation, played with confidence, stands a good chance to deceive."